FernandoAlonsoAston Martin vs MaxVerstappenRed Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso drives for Aston Martin, Max Verstappen for Red Bull Racing, so the raw results are not comparable — everything below has car performance taken out of it. Max Verstappen leads on The Index, 9.79 to 8.73 — P1 against P7, a gap of 1.06 of a grade point. Round by round, Max Verstappen has out-driven the other in 9 of 13 races where both were graded. Fernando Alonso's clearest advantage is Qualifying — 9.71 against 8.60. Max Verstappen takes Attack & Defence back the other way, 9.83 to 6.36. In the DriverIndex Championship — the same season paid on the official points scale, but on driver merit — Max Verstappen sits P1 on 139 points to Fernando Alonso's P10 on 73. Officially they stand P6 and P18.